The Okay-movie 12.12: The Day is aiming for Oscars.
In response to the Korean Movie Council, 12.12: The Day was unanimously chosen by the jury as Korea’s submission for the Worldwide Function Movie class on the 97th Academy Awards.
KOFIC said, “There was nearly no disagreement in regards to the movie’s degree of completion, because it evenly encompasses the movie’s dramatic rigidity, the directorial ability that amplifies the actors’ performances to the realm of mise-en-scène, and excellent perception into historical past.”
The council added, “We hope that the movie’s portrayal of the phantasm of charisma and the satirization of evil portrayed on this work will enchantment to the Academy Awards as well timed metaphors by way of the movie’s thematic elements.”
Just one movie per nation could be submitted to the Academy’s Worldwide Function Movie class. To cross the primary spherical, it should first be included within the shortlist, which can be introduced on the finish of this 12 months. The shortlist incorporates about twice the variety of the ultimate nominees and is launched earlier than the ultimate nominations for the Academy Awards are introduced. Solely by making it onto the shortlist can a movie have an opportunity on the closing nomination.
Korean movies have been submitted to the Worldwide Function Movie class on the Academy Awards yearly. Concrete Utopia (Lee Byung Hun, Park Search engine marketing Joon, Park Bo Younger) was despatched final 12 months. The one Korean movie to have made it into the checklist of the ultimate 5 nominees is Parasite, which can also be the solely Korean movie to have gained the award.
12.12: The Day tells the story of December 12, 1979. Seoul was deep in political rigidity. President Park has been assassinated, and martial regulation declared.
Head of the Protection Safety Command Chun Doo Kwang (Hwang Jung Min), and a gaggle of officers perform a coup. However, cussed Commander Lee Tae Shin (Jung Woo Sung), who believes that it’s not befitting for the navy to take political actions, fights Chun Doo Kwang to stop him from executing his plans.
The battle between the 2 intensifies because the Protection Minister disappears and navy leaders maintain onto their selections. Within the midst of pandemonium, the spring in Seoul takes an sudden flip. 12.12: The Day was launched in November final 12 months and garnered roughly 13.12 million moviegoers.
The 97th Academy Awards shall be held in March 2025.